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TO WHOM BELONG DHAKA CITY'S ROADS AND PAVEMENTS?

Barring a few major city streets that are off limits to rickshaws and vendors, most roads, lanes, by-lanes and pavements remain occupied by rickshaws, battery-run or otherwise, hawkers of all types during peak hours. Shops dump their goods on the pavement leaving almost no room for the pedestrians. Pictures (clockwise)...

'Pattern shifting from govt initiatives to pvt sector, social business'

International development funding pattern is now shifting from the government-centred initiatives to the private sector, social business, and other models of finance, according to David Engerman, a Professor of History at Yale University, USA."My active conclusion is that the era of development is now over. It was from 1955 to...

JCD, Shibir trade barbs over breaching code of conduct

After the long Durga Puja vacation, the Rajshahi University (RU) campus has once again become vibrant with the return of students and renewed electioneering for the upcoming Rajshahi University Central Students' Union (RUCSU) polls. However, allegations of breaching electoral code of conduct have sparked tension. The Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD)-backed...

Three die of dengue, 700 hospitalised

Three more persons died of dengue in the last 24 hours until Wednesday morning, raising the total number of deaths from the mosquito-borne disease to 220 this year, reports UNB. During this period, 700 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, bringing the total number of cases to 52,104, according...

BUET unveils memorial honouring Abrar Fahad

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) on Monday unveiled a memorial at the university's Sher-e-Bangla Hall area honouring Abrar Fahad, the BUET student who was tortured to death in 2019 by currently banned Chhatra League.The monument, titled "Abrar Fahad Smritifalak," was inaugurated at 3 PM by BUET Vice-Chancellor Professor...

Weather (2025-10-09)

Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at a few places over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over the country until 6:00 pm today (Thursday).Day and night temperature may...